tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post7733561508427876526..comments2019-03-21T13:27:31.992-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 13, 2013): U.S. City Population Crossword PuzzleBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73495281989837133902013-10-27T05:37:55.262-07:002013-10-27T05:37:55.262-07:00Oh Danny Boy!Oh Danny Boy!benmar12001https://www.blogger.com/profile/02721420444783718903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10533655718169434092013-10-27T05:05:47.355-07:002013-10-27T05:05:47.355-07:00New puzzle is up.
&quot;Name a brand of beer. Rea...<a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/10/27/241046529/hungry-for-a-hidden-word" rel="nofollow">New puzzle is up</a>.<br /><br />&quot;Name a brand of beer. Rearrange the letters to name an activity often associated with beer.&quot;<br /><br /><a href="http://help.npr.org/npr/includes/customer/npr/custforms/contactus.aspx?pz=t" rel="nofollow">Submit your answer</a>.PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39476178646033761042013-10-26T16:23:52.120-07:002013-10-26T16:23:52.120-07:00Congrats to Glen . I thought splitting words like ...Congrats to Glen . I thought splitting words like New and York would be okay, since crosswords do that a lot.<br /><br />15,424,834<br /><br />Across:<br />SANJOSE<br />LOS<br /><br />Down:<br />ANGELES<br />HOUSTON<br />NEWYORK<br />BELL (CA)<br /><br />Looks like this:<br /><br />¬¬A¬H¬N<br />SANJOSE<br />¬¬G¬U¬W<br />B¬E¬S¬Y<br />E¬L¬T¬O<br />L¬E¬O¬R<br />LOS¬N¬KBerfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569731248228555267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28377532900810320012013-10-26T16:14:26.713-07:002013-10-26T16:14:26.713-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Berfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569731248228555267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-80864547081395190742013-10-25T20:37:49.561-07:002013-10-25T20:37:49.561-07:00Yes, congrats, Glen...and welcome!Yes, congrats, Glen...and welcome!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65769989186541987892013-10-25T18:52:25.470-07:002013-10-25T18:52:25.470-07:00Congrats, Glen.
Hope you continue to be a part of ...Congrats, Glen.<br />Hope you continue to be a part of the blog.zeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29769891391055333342013-10-25T13:37:39.724-07:002013-10-25T13:37:39.724-07:00The official 2010 census (from which my source lis...The official 2010 census (<a href="http://puzzles.blainesville.com/2013/10/npr-sunday-puzzle-oct-13-2013-us-city.html?showComment=1382182463902#c6462597968385180418" rel="nofollow">from which my source list was compiled</a>) didn&#39;t include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajo,_Arizona" rel="nofollow">Ajo, ᴀᴢ</a>, so I never could have found the winning grid. Assuming that this week&#39;s winner was chosen on the merits, it appears that Glen&#39;s after-the-fact discovery of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IXL,_Oklahoma" rel="nofollow">Ixl, ᴏᴋ</a> would&#39;ve made <a href="http://www.crosswordmanblog.com/2013/10/new-york-new-york-its-populous-town.html" rel="nofollow">Crossword Man (AKA Ross)</a> the winner, had he chosen to submit his entry.PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-56473327824558427242013-10-25T13:13:18.032-07:002013-10-25T13:13:18.032-07:00fyi: during the taping, will said he didn&#39;t al...fyi: during the taping, will said he didn&#39;t allow abbrevs like NYC (but he didn&#39;t specify whether he allowed abbrevs like STPAUL).glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650699120649344762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68054687975965775882013-10-25T13:11:51.405-07:002013-10-25T13:11:51.405-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650699120649344762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-33898719129308637342013-10-25T11:56:58.400-07:002013-10-25T11:56:58.400-07:00hi all-- i was the winner of this npr puzzle. my n...hi all-- i was the winner of this npr puzzle. my name is glen keenan, in des moines, ia. got a call from NPR yesterday, &amp; recorded w/ will &amp; rachel today. <br /><br />my winning grid was:<br /><br />Across:<br />(1st row) NEWYORK <br />(3rd row) CHICAGO <br />(5th row, starting 1st square) DALLAS <br />(7th row) HOUSTON<br /><br />Down:<br />(2nd column, starting 5th square down) AJO<br />(5th column, starting 1st square) OMAHA<br />(7th column, starting 1st square) KNOX<br /><br />by my calc, the total population for this grid is 14,584,776. (will stated the total population on the call, but i can&#39;t recall if it was exactly the same as my calc.)<br /><br />turns out that i could&#39;ve had 59 more if i&#39;d also had IXL in the 3rd column, starting 3rd square down.glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650699120649344762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68289389724263601622013-10-25T07:42:01.298-07:002013-10-25T07:42:01.298-07:00planned rhetorical question, humor attempt<i> planned rhetorical question, humor attempt</i>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-59533241769230379432013-10-25T07:24:26.371-07:002013-10-25T07:24:26.371-07:00Thanks, Thad!
Now I have to keep submitting my a...Thanks, Thad!<br /><br /> Now I have to keep submitting my answers...and consider a leather jacket to wear it on. Bet it has started a few fun conversations. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-59648899077294502562013-10-25T06:54:29.894-07:002013-10-25T06:54:29.894-07:00Picture above is now viewable, sorry about that.
...Picture above is now viewable, sorry about that.<br /><br />I was not called, but I sent in this entry after the deadline to help them out.Thad Beierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778891630916193235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49391791436955397342013-10-25T00:27:34.371-07:002013-10-25T00:27:34.371-07:00I rechecked what Bryan&#39;s answer had been and r...I rechecked what Bryan&#39;s answer had been and realized that Word Woman&#39;s answer was actually an improvement of Bryan&#39;s answer, replacing NEWARK with MESA. An improvement of 161,901 (439,041-277,140)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-61066367457815238822013-10-25T00:07:27.797-07:002013-10-25T00:07:27.797-07:00To those you went to the Top Secret Mail.com site ...To those you went to the <a href="http://www.topsecretemail.com/Decode_Message.cfm" rel="nofollow">Top Secret Mail.com</a> site and tried to follow the conversation between Cam Barker and PlannedChaos; well, after trying total after total of all that&#39;s been posted today, I finally found the key!<br /><br />They were using 14132417, which was the total for Word Woman&#39;s answer using the revised figure of 2,100,263 for Houston, which I noticed is exactly Bryan&#39;s answer, but including MESA.<br /><br />Anyway, using the link above and 14132417 for the Unique Key, you can decode Cam Barker&#39;s initial cipher and then follow their conversation using that same key each time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50051089282697327472013-10-25T00:01:20.875-07:002013-10-25T00:01:20.875-07:00facepalm<em>facepalm</em>PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-4672597577698874692013-10-24T23:19:24.000-07:002013-10-24T23:19:24.000-07:00Thad, am I correct in concluding that you were NOT...Thad, am I correct in concluding that <b><i>you were NOT called today?</i></b><br /><br />And if they didn&#39;t call you, then <b><i>to whomever they DID call, would you PLEASE POST YOUR WINNING ENTRY to this blog!!??</i></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9292515898125317002013-10-24T21:48:23.212-07:002013-10-24T21:48:23.212-07:00Wow! I notice your arrangement was exactly the sa...Wow! I notice your arrangement was <b><i>exactly the same</i></b> as mine!<br /><br />Could it be that, barring the transpose, that&#39;s <b><i>the only arrangement possible!?</i></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-12324089930629436152013-10-24T21:41:56.593-07:002013-10-24T21:41:56.593-07:00Oops, fat fingers on the numeric keypad. Populatio...Oops, fat fingers on the numeric keypad. Population total: 19,510,272.<br /><br />Also, no need for the text grid. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/HzTMzpy.png" rel="nofollow">See the image link in my original post</a>.PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-46561294762917593732013-10-24T21:40:08.310-07:002013-10-24T21:40:08.310-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90749755239350948762013-10-24T21:32:54.543-07:002013-10-24T21:32:54.543-07:00Well, here&#39;s ONE WAY to arrange them together ...Well, here&#39;s <b><i>ONE WAY</i></b> to arrange them together in a 7x7 grid:<br />╔═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╦═╤═╗<br />╟─┼─╫─P─╫─┼─╫─┼─╫─D─╫─┼─╫─H─╢<br />╠═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╣<br />╟─C─╫─H─╫─I─╫─C─╫─A─╫─G─╫─O─╢<br />╠═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╣<br />╟─┼─╫─I─╫─┼─╫─┼─╫─L─╫─┼─╫─U─╢<br />╠═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╣<br />╟─┼─╫─L─╫─A─╫─┼─╫─L─╫─┼─╫─S─╢<br />╠═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╣<br />╟─┼─╫─L─╫─┼─╫─G─╫─A─╫─L─╫─T─╢<br />╠═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╣<br />╟─N─╫─Y─╫─C─╫─┼─╫─S─╫─┼─╫─O─╢<br />╠═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╬═╪═╣<br />╟─┼─╫─┼─╫─┼─╫─┼─╫─┼─╫─┼─╫─N─╢<br />╚═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╩═╧═╝<br />Oh, and your total was over by 3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-41874825794645135072013-10-24T21:15:55.065-07:002013-10-24T21:15:55.065-07:00Thad, still a mystery! Might you change the sharin...Thad, still a mystery! Might you change the sharing permissions on that photo in flickr so we may view it? Thanks!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-20152259080943685942013-10-24T20:43:45.187-07:002013-10-24T20:43:45.187-07:00happy to! it only took ten years!
http://www.fli...happy to! it only took ten years!<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/97324121@N00/8020018268/<br /><br />Thad Beierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778891630916193235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18461634402977116422013-10-24T20:22:13.960-07:002013-10-24T20:22:13.960-07:00If we allow common initialisms and abbreviations.
...<a href="http://i.imgur.com/HzTMzpy.png" rel="nofollow">If we allow common initialisms and abbreviations</a>.<br /><br /> 8,175,133 <b>NYC</b><br /> 3,792,621 <b>LA</b><br /> 2,695,598 <b>Chicago</b><br /> 2,099,451 <b>Houston</b><br /> 1,526,006 <b>Philly</b><br /> 1,197,816 <b>Dallas</b><br /> 23,647 <b>Galt</b>, ᴄᴀ<br />——————————<br />19,510,275PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-80539777744063280352013-10-24T19:41:34.891-07:002013-10-24T19:41:34.891-07:00Thad&#39;s answer rendered as an image.<a href="http://i.imgur.com/q970iya.png" rel="nofollow">Thad&#39;s answer rendered as an image</a>.PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.com